Analysis Topic: Stock & Financial Markets

The analysis published under this topic are as follows.

Tuesday, August 20, 2013

Stock Market Intermediate Decline? / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2013

By: Andre_Gratian

Current Position of the Market

SPX: Very Long-term trend - The very-long-term cycles are in their down phases, and if they make their lows when expected (after this bull market is over), there will be another steep decline into late 2014. However, the severe correction of 2007-2009 may have curtailed the full downward pressure potential of the 40-yr and 120-yr cycles.

Intermediate trend - SPX and some other indices have formed a H&S top which was confirmed with last week's sell-off. A back-test of the neckline is possible over the near-term.

Monday, August 19, 2013

Stock Market Correction Likely Underway / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2013

By: Tony_Caldaro

The market gapped down at the open on Monday to SPX 1681, rallied back to 1697 by Tuesday, then headed south for the rest of the week hitting 1653 on Friday. It does appear Major wave 4 has been underway since SPX 1710 as expected. For the week the SPX/DOW were -2.15%, the NDX/NAZ were -1.50%, and the DJ World index lost 1.0%. On the economic front reports were mixed: six rising, six declining and four unchanged. On the uptick: retail sales, the CPI, NAHB housing, housing starts, building permits and the weekly jobless claims improved. On the downtick: consumer sentiment, the WLEI, import prices, the NY/Philly FED, and the budget deficit increased. Industrial production, the PPI, business inventories and export prices were all unchanged. Are things beginning to slow down? Next week we get the FOMC minutes, and reports on housing and the leading indicators.

Monday, August 19, 2013

Importance of Watching 10 Year U.S. Treasuries, Impacts on £1.5 Quadrillion of Derivatives / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2013

By: Money_Morning

Keith Fitz-Gerald writes: The esoteric - yet highly accurate - Hindenburg Omen we looked at Friday may suggest the probability of a market crash. But the number I'm watching this week could cause one.

As a standalone figure, of course, the yield on 10-year Treasuries is small. But the amount of money it impacts worldwide is flat-out staggering.

Monday, August 19, 2013

U.S. Stock Markets Still Remaining Bullish / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2013

By: Donald_W_Dony

Though most of the world's stock indexes have been trading flat over the last 12 months, the S&P 500 has continued to advance with little more than a minor pullback. The rationale for this bullish tone maybe questioned, but there is no denying the fact that the U.S. index is still in a strong bullish trend.

Saturday, August 17, 2013

Signs of the Stocks Bull Market Top, Ringing Bear Market Bell / Stock-Markets / Stocks Bear Market

By: John_Mauldin

The investment media seems obsessed with the question of whether the Fed will taper. The real question should be not about "tapering" but about credibility. What happens when fundamentals become the narrative as opposed to what the central bank is doing? What happens if the Federal Reserve throws a liquidity party and nobody comes? Today we look at some of the fundamentals. The market is in fact overvalued, but that doesn't mean it can't become more overvalued. Is this August 1987 or August 1999?

Friday, August 16, 2013

Economic and Financial Markets Climacterics Coming – Prepare! / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2013

By: DeepCaster_LLC

“The whole concept of creating money without toil or risk is an integral province of the Federal Reserve. I believe that one way or another, the Federal Reserve and all it stands for will be eliminated. The process by which this will occur worries me. I believe it will take a huge disruption of our current economic system in order to eliminate the Federal Reserve and its immoral process of money being created out of a computer and thin air.

“The process of creating money from “nothing” makes a mockery of real work of all kinds. Thus, by inference, I am calling the Federal Reserve an evil institution. The more so, since it denigrates gold, which is, and has always been, true wealth, wrung out of the earth through man’s sweat and toil and risk.”

Friday, August 16, 2013

Will S&P 1,650 Offer Stock Market Buying Support? / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2013

By: J_W_Jones

In my most recent article, I discussed how I was expecting U.S. financial markets to reverse to the downside in the near future. I illustrated the various divergences in a variety of underlying technical indicators which have issued warnings in the past.

Friday, August 16, 2013

Why the Dow Fell 225 Points / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2013

By: Money_Morning

Diane Alter writes: The stock market today killed the idea of "turnaround Thursdays"...

The Dow fell 225.39 points Thursday, one day after the benchmark fell 113 points, its first triple-digit decline since June 28. With Thursday's drop, the Dow hit its first back-to-back triple-digit decline since June 19-20, when it plummeted nearly 560 points over the two days.

Friday, August 16, 2013

The Only Market Crash Talk Worth Trading / Stock-Markets / Financial Crash

By: Money_Morning

Keith Fitz-Gerald writes: You've no doubt heard the "crash talk" intensifying after two triple-digit down days. But after reviewing more than 100 commentaries, there are exactly two and a half I take seriously.

The one we'll start with can not only help you now - as in today. It can also give you a permanent edge, because most people will never know how it works.

Friday, August 16, 2013

How the Chinese Economy Debt Bubble Will Impact Your Investments (and it Will) / Stock-Markets / China Economy

By: InvestmentContrarian

Sasha Cekerevac writes: I've always been a fan of long-term investing, as it allows big picture thinking to be more important than short-term gyrations. One of my concerns when it comes to developing a long-term investing portfolio is the Chinese economy.

Thursday, August 15, 2013

Stock Market Bloodbath Coming? / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2013

By: Anthony_Cherniawski

Just letting you know that the SPX may be nearing the top of its bounce.  I fully expect to see the market “let go” by noon today, trapping the majority of hedge funds massively leveraged long.  Notice there are no supports beneath the 50-day. 

In fact, the next supports are at 1548.00 (the 200-day moving average) and 1565.00 (daily mid-Cycle support).  This could trigger the next Broadening Wedge formation at 1585.00 with a target of 1260.00. 

Thursday, August 15, 2013

When Stock Market Synchronicities Collide - Red Alert? / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2013

By: Submissions

Patricia Chew writes:Let’s start with “The October Effect”; it is the theory that stocks tend to decline during the month of October. Obviously it doesn’t happen every October so the theory doesn’t stack up against the statistics and, mainstream investment analysts consider it to be a psychological event rather than an actual phenomenon.

Wednesday, August 14, 2013

Rampant Stock Market Manipulation / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2013

By: PhilStockWorld

We're right on that line again.

1,688 on the S&P is a 1.25% retrace off the top and, failing to hold that, we're looking at another 1.25% drop to 1,667 and below that, we're back at 1,645, 1,622 and back to 1,600, which is our Must Hold line for this bull run to sustain itself.

Wednesday, August 14, 2013

Investors, Why There’s Still Old-Fashioned Treasure Out There / Stock-Markets / Investing 2013

By: Casey_Research

By Louis James, Chief Metals & Mining Investment Strategist

I've always wondered why we tend to glorify pirates and treasure hunters: the Indiana Joneses, the Jack Sparrows, the Long John Silvers. I think it's because most people, while it may not be reflected in their daily lives, are adventurers at heart.

Tuesday, August 13, 2013

Stock Market - Lindsay’s Long Cycle and Post-Election Years / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2013

By: Ed_Carlson

Stock Trader’s Almanac has been parsing equity market returns during the various years of the Presidential Cycle for decades; election years, pre- and post-election years, and mid-term years. The goal is to help equity investors to know when to expect highs and lows in the market based on what year of the cycle they happen to be interested in.

Tuesday, August 13, 2013

Stock Market Crash - Smart Money Is Leaving the Building / Stock-Markets / Financial Crash

By: Graham_Summers

Japan continues to dominate the economic news. The latest move concerns Prime Minister Abe’s new economic policies to cut corporate taxes. He also announced plans to run a shakeup at Japan’s political ministries.

This is “Plan B” for Abe who has found that his policy of “Abenomics” or pushing the Bank of Japan to print even more money has failed to stimulate Japan’s economy.

Tuesday, August 13, 2013

U.S. Treasury Bonds Break Down, Stocks and Commodities Not Far Behind / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2013

By: Anthony_Cherniawski

The big news of the morning is the breakdown of the Treasury Bond market. TLT broke the prior low at 105 and triggered a potential Head & Shoulders neckline with a target at 82.88. There are two noteworthy items about the formation on the chart. The first is that Minute Wave [c] is shorter than its counterpart Minute Wave [a]. Second, this comes after a very short 17-day rally off the bottom of its last Master Cycle in Minute Wave [a]. This clearly indicates that the downside forces are much greater that the positive ones. Treasuries are in a hurry to make further lows.

Tuesday, August 13, 2013

Stock Market Probable Pop-n-drop / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2013

By: Anthony_Cherniawski

The Pre-Market tells us that the market may open positive. Retail sales had a slight miss, but not enough to “all off the taper.” Expect overhead resistance at 1694.16, or possibly the Broadening Wedge trendline. The market may turn negative after that.

Tuesday, August 13, 2013

A Surprising Way to Play a Europe Stock Market Rally / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2013

By: Frank_Holmes

U.S. Global’s Portfolio Manager Tim Steinle is usually soft-spoken and mild mannered, so our ears perked up when he recently belted out “Europe is Rocking!”

After a lengthy period of stagnant growth and lackluster results, the gradual crescendo of improving economic data that’s been coming out of Europe lately certainly commands attention.

Tuesday, August 13, 2013

Malaysia's Stock Market and Economy Disconnect / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2013

By: Sam_Chee_Kong

For the past two decades or so the financial markets have been through tremendous changes. From the open outcry system where stock prices took minutes to arrive are now available on real time in most online systems offered by brokers. What used to be an advantage for those who have access to quicker stock market information is no longer applicable as speed of execution has levelled across all online platforms. Due to the boom in the internet connectivity and the ease of delivery of information through emails, blogs and chat rooms investors are now faced with what is called ‘information overload’. It is a situation where there is more information than we know what to do with it.